Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:52:04 +0300 From: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port installs: /usr/X11R6/bin versus /usr/local/bin ? Message-ID: <20031226135204.GA719@chetwood.ru> In-Reply-To: <20031226064736.GY27144@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <3FEBCAAD.6050401@users.sourceforge.net> <20031226064736.GY27144@toxic.magnesium.net>
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--YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 2003-12-26 at 01:47 -0500, Adam Weinberger wrote: > In general, the separation of X11R6 and local is adhered to. The main > differences arise in things like netscape that are historically in > /usr/local, and things that can run under X but have non-X counterparts, > such as vim and w3m. Then there are things like games and apps that rely > upon SDL, which live in /usr/local, even though they're typically run > from within X. And then there's KDE, which installs itself into > /usr/local because that's how it's always been, and because hier(7) is > worded to imply that it should be there, much in the same way that your > vegan girlfriend doesn't want you eating meat either ;;) What about merging /usr/X11R6 into /usr/local? Would it create any conflicts that are impossible to resolve or something? I haven't yet tried that myself, though... ;) Sergei --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/7D0EFOxuaTulNAERAr4YAJ4v0nBE4ODzysP0EhJ5fC+cKAfgxgCgqAKl +aVZ1bzLjXqWFXvnC9M8bqw= =4az0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK--
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